150 Monotony of Whale Fishing. 



and Port Leopold, and possibly going up Prince 

 Regent's Inlet, as far as Fury Beach. With our 

 worthy skipper, to decide is to act, and we were 

 soon steaming to the northward, with every prospect 

 of being- in a few hours on historical ground. There 

 is a great deal of excitement in g-etting whales, but 

 after all there is a great deal of sameness in this 

 said whale fishery, which after a time gets mono- 

 tonous. When once the fish has been killed and 

 towed alongside, there is the same process to go 

 through, which for a disinterested person soon loses 

 its only charm, that of novelty. 



The description of one whale being caught, and 

 the subsequent operations, suffices for all. 



Walrus Shooting. 



